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George Lortz

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Orleans Derailment
« on: June 23, 2015, 02:05:28 pm »
The attached photo is Barriger photo #719.  The caption reads "Derailment; Orleans, IN; 6/21/51; John Barriger photo #719".

Are there any records as to which locomotive this is?

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Justin Asbery

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Re: Orleans Derailment
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2015, 02:35:38 pm »
65A?
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Robert Gibson

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Re: Orleans Derailment
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2015, 10:55:13 am »
Here's a photo of 65 in Bedford before it got an A or B designation.
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Tim T Swan

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Re: Orleans Derailment
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2015, 09:43:17 pm »
The date of the "side-swipe" at Orleans by Train #73 was 6-18-51.  Here's a scan of an investigator's diagram detailing the circumstances.
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Ron Marquardt

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Re: Orleans Derailment
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2015, 11:41:09 pm »
We have numerous pictures of this wreck in the archives.  The fireman, "Button" Shanks, who was also a promoted engineer, lost an eye in the wreck and could only work as a fireman after that.  He finished his career on the Bedford yard job.  / Ron
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Mark Johnson

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Re: Orleans Derailment
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2016, 03:41:39 pm »
David 'Button' Shanks' wife Edith, now long since deceased, was a good friend of my mother. The Shanks' lived in Mitchell in their later years.

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